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Really? Only one application of computers --- Bitcoin --- wastes countries' energy usage and yet it doesn't make sense to optimize software for ecologic reasons
by funcDropShadow 4y ago
Really? Only one application of computers --- Bitcoin --- wastes countries' energy usage and yet it doesn't make sense to optimize software for ecologic reasons?
- kaba0 4y agoNo, but there are plenty much higher targets before going after computers, especially compared to the insane value they produce. Like, is that single server running all the logistics of a country’s train network “inefficiently” really significant compared to.. the inefficiency of even a single train?
- funcDropShadow 4y agoWhat about those billions of devices running software in gadgets, phones, TVs, routers, dishwashers, etc ?
- burnished 4y agoCrypto uses vast energy as a feature, a side effect of maintaining a competitive environment as part of proof of work (other staking mechanisms are different). You could not optimize this to use less energy.